Chapter 985: Chapter 610: Imprisoned Immortal Mountain Apprentice Prison Warden, Extreme Cold Lake Water, Sword Handle

This familiar cave, isn’t it the place Lu Lin saw in the memories of Li Chengwu and his brother?

How did the Guiding Star Skill lead him to this place?

Looking at the jagged rocks ahead, Lu Lin couldn’t help but feel a bit anxious.

The cave seemed like a giant beast’s mouth, ready to devour someone.

Within, gusts of cold wind blew occasionally, accompanied by sounds like ghosts wailing and wolves howling, adding to the terrifying atmosphere.

Using the Storage Ring to let the Little Orange Cat retrieve it for him, Lu Lin donned the silver wire armor, held the broken knife, and carrying two World Treasures, cautiously ventured into the cave.

Knowing in advance that the cave’s terrain would be intricate, Lu Lin left a bit of Spiritual Strength at the entrance, so he wouldn’t get lost inside.

Just after stepping in, Lu Lin felt a violent spatial turbulence, and he quickly pressed his body tightly against the cave wall.

This spatial turbulence was far more violent compared to Li Xuanjin’s Treasure Vault.

Even Lu Lin dared not resist this spatial turbulence with mere flesh.

To prevent his Storage Ring from being destroyed by these spatial turbulences, Lu Lin had no choice but to store the Storage Ring back in Bu Ming Villa.

Deeper into the cave, the less light there was. Fortunately, Lu Lin’s vision was excellent, and with occasional support from Spiritual Strength observation, he didn’t encounter any danger. If spatial turbulence attacked, he could avoid it in advance.

However, as Lu Lin ventured deeper, he found that even his Spiritual Strength operated with some difficulty. After covering a distance of about two kilometers, his Spiritual Strength could only extend ten meters, which was already dangerous for Lu Lin.

The speed of spatial turbulence was incredibly fast; often, just as Lu Lin noticed it, the turbulence was already close. He nearly got injured several times.

In such a perilous environment, it was hard to understand how Li Chenggong and Li Chengwu lived here for five hundred years without dying.

Plus, how did that mysterious figure live here?

Continuing forward, the path suddenly sloped upwards, as if ascending.

It had been downhill just now, and now it was uphill. Lu Lin couldn’t figure out the cave’s structure.

After another stretch, Lu Lin heard the sound of trickling water.

Dark River.

Unexpectedly, there was a Dark River in the cave. Lu Lin carefully proceeded to investigate.

Using what was almost no light, Lu Lin saw a calm, ripple-less small lake before him.

The sound he heard was only from other places where Dark Rivers flowed into this area. Lu Lin counted carefully, and there were about a dozen or so Dark Rivers, large and small, flowing through here, merging their waters into the small lake.

It was unknown how deep this small lake was, with an area approximately the size of two football fields, yet no matter how much river water flowed in, it caused no ripples in the lake.

At this point, Lu Lin’s Guiding Star Skill unexpectedly vanished.

Clearly, Li Xuanjin was in this location.

But Lu Lin looked all around and saw no figure at all.

There were only jagged rocks and the lake as calm as a mirror.

"You’ve arrived."

Suddenly.

A voice rang out in the dark and silent cave.

Lu Lin was startled.

He hadn’t detected any life fluctuations; how could someone be speaking?

"No need to look, I am right in front of you."

In front?

Lu Lin suspiciously focused his gaze on the lake before him.

Was it this mirror that was talking just now?

Could this mirror actually be Li Xuanjin?

What kind of joke is this?

How could Li Xuanjin turn into a mirror!

"You’re guessing right, I am Li Xuanjin. If I am not mistaken, you must be the envoy from the Holy Land."

"Yes indeed. Finding this place indicates you have some skills."

"I don’t know what the Holy Land knows now, but it doesn’t matter anymore. I will tell you everything as it is."

"Young man, what’s your name? I’ve spoken for so long, you should respond a bit."

Li Xuanjin’s lengthy speech eased Lu Lin’s tension somewhat.

At least, whatever form Li Xuanjin took, he still had human emotions and thoughts.

"Senior Li, I am Lu Lin, a disciple of General Mountain, currently studying alongside Elder Cheng Yu."

"Oh, Elder Cheng Yu, you’re quite lucky. Back in those years, Elder Cheng Yu several times wanted me to join him for a period of study and travel, but I always refused, causing me to miss out on learning many things. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have ended up in such a state."

"Tell me what you want to know; I’ll tell you whatever you wish."

"Senior Li, why are you here? Did someone in the Demon Slaying Sect want to harm you?"

Lu Lin asked.

"Heh, I knew you would ask this question."

"You’re guessing correctly. The reason I’m in this state now is all thanks to my dear disciple, Hao Datong."

"Hao Datong?!"

Lu Lin was startled.

Although he anticipated that none of the five Junior Sect Leaders were good people, seeing their greed for power after Sect Leader Li Xuanjin disappeared rather than searching for him was telling—Hao Datong?

This clean and handsome young man fit perfectly with Lu Lin’s most beautiful image of a Sword Immortal, yet he was the mastermind behind Li Xuanjin’s demise.